ORLANDO—Patients with gram-negative peritonitis (GNP) undergoing early catheter removal have a higher rate of permanent transfer to hemodialysis but a lower death rate compared with GNP patients not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Good vascular access continues to be a cornerstone of optimal hemodialysis (HD) for patients with end-stage ...

Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a retrospective study at UT Southwestern ...

For critically ill patients requiring dialysis, insertion of the catheter in a vein in the neck does not appear to reduce the risk of infection compared to vein access in the upper leg, except for ...

ED Highly Prevalent in Men with Failed Hypospadias Repair Follow-up procedures are significantly more likely to be required if PD catheters are inserted by interventionalists instead of general or ...

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This Practice Point commentary discusses the findings and limitations of a meta-analysis that evaluated the use of prophylactic antibiotics for hemodialysis catheters. Use of prophylactic topical ...

To the Editor: Hemmelgarn et al. (Jan. 27 issue) 1 evaluated prophylactic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) for preventing dialysis catheter malfunction. I have a few caveats regarding ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — A sterilized honey preparation was effective in preventing infections at the site of peritoneal dialysis catheters, according to a study presented here at the European Renal ...

Medical experts have shown that an innovative anti-microbial catheter could vastly improve treatment and the quality of life for many community-based dialysis patients. Medical experts at The ...